In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small, blue, wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, the Reverend W. Awdry, made up to accompany this wonderful toy were first published in 1945. He continued to create new adventures and characters until 1972 when he retired from writing. Reverend W Awdry died in 1997 at a...

Financing the World's Railways in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Ralf
Roth, Günter Dinhobl ... du Chemin de fer de Liège a Maastricht et ses
extensions, in 1860, with railways from Liege (Longdoz) to the Dutch border at Maastricht, ...

MRD Foot straddles like no other the jagged intersection of the historical and intelligence professions Professor Peter Hennessey A lesser historian might have made of this no more than a depressing catalogue of failure, with a biiter edge to the comment. In Foot's hands, however, this no-punches-pulled account is lively and readable, presente...

Fervent, lively Liège—its nickname is Cité Ardente (Passionate City)—exudes the
aura of an aging industrial gloom, but that ... There are between two and four trains an hour to Liège from Brussels and Antwerp, one an hour from Maastricht ...

"Delving into urban planning, psychology, architecture, and economics, as well as the history of technology, Schivelbusch paints a revealing portrait of the role of the railroad in shaping the 19th-century mind."

In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small blue wooden engine for his son, Christopher. The stories that this father, THE REVEREND W AWDRY, made up to accompany this wonderful toy were first published in 1945. He continued to create new adventures and characters until 1972, when he retired from writing. Reverend Awdry died in 1997, at age ...

During the 1890s train speeds improved as railways turned to the new innovation
of compounding and the 4-4-0 type engine. ... Liege, and Maastricht, it had to
pass through southern Holland before emptying into the North Sea. The Rhine ...

In the fall of 1944, Hitler realized that the defeat of Germany was imminent. But instead of seeking peace, he launched a massive, last-ditch offensive against the Allied forces. The subsequent fight, know as the Battle of the Bulge, involved more than a million soldiers and some of the war's fiercest fighting. John S. D. Eisenhower, son of Ge...

On Saturday, me and my friend Amy went to Maastricht, which is a city at the very southern tip of the Netherlands. We'd found these super-cheap tickets through HEMA (a supermarket chain here), where you get return ticket travel (to Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, The Hague or Maastricht) from anywhere in the Netherlands plus free lunch…

At present trains between Maastricht and Liège, 30 km to the south, use the old line along the valley of the river Maas / Meuse. The service is operated by Belgian trains, which must run under reduced voltage into Maastricht station. (1500 V in the Netherlands, 3000 V in Belgium). The valley line (opened 1861)…

10th February 2013 The first evening of our four day euro tour we visited and photographed this architectural marvel in Liege. We planned on visiting one evening over the trip but as it was too early for bed and after eating dinner, we decided as we were near to visit it on the first evening.…

A very brief history: Although settlements already existed in Roman times, the first references to Liège are from 558, when it was known as Vicus Leudicus. The strategic position of Liège has made it a frequent target of armies and insurgencies over the centuries.

This railway station was opened in 2008 and replaced a post-war building from the 1950's. One reviewer described the building as a railway cathedral - and it is true. The building seems to be a modern interpretation of the classic stations built during the industrial revolution. Calatrava's dome has equal grandeur and similar dimensions (200m long, 35m high). The extensive use of white makes the station look not only more chicque than its 19th century predecessors; it gives the structure an airy, light-weight and almost delicate appearance. Apart from its structure, one of the most surprising aspects is the station's nearly-complete openness towards the city centre. Where most other stations know a clear division between inside and outside, this station extends the public square right into its heart.